{"id":1249,"date":"2016-10-26T03:37:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T03:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2017-04-10T03:51:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T03:51:24","slug":"movie-preview-inferno-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2016\/10\/movie-preview-inferno-october.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie preview\u2014Inferno this October"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inferno<\/em> is upon us.<\/p>\n

Inferno<\/em> (2016) is the third adaptation of a Dan Brown thriller. The previous ones were Angels and Demons (2009) and The Da Vinci Code (2006). Inferno<\/em> comes to North American theaters this week.<\/p>\n

Inferno<\/em> stars Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones.\u00a0 Hanks recently starred in Sully a major motion picture which was released in September. All the attention on Felicity Jones is her upcoming Star Wars headline role. It appears her turn in Inferno<\/em> is in the shadow of her Star Wars film in December.<\/p>\n

Robert Langdon (played by Hanks) is a symbologist who has been on a search for the truth behind Christianity, the Catholic Church and the supernatural world. In Inferno<\/em>, he\u2019s onto a riddle involving a literary masterpiece, the first part of Dante\u2019s Divine Comedy, Inferno. The epic poem was written in the 14th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n

The stories go back into religious history, namely Christianity, and what this means today. There is controversy that the novels and movies don\u2019t represent Christian history and doctrine accurately.<\/p>\n

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Tom Hanks (Pictured) as Robert Langdon. (Image sourced via google images–original Flickr, dan.mennis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Viewing The Da Vinci Code<\/h4>\n

When I reviewed The Da Vinci Code in 2006, I was given the job of reviewing it as a thriller. The editor regarded the book as fiction and wanted me to review it as such.<\/p>\n

The movie was provocative and intriguing. I read the book instinctively and found it a riveting read. The question of its history wasn\u2019t on the job description.<\/p>\n

What this says is taking the Dan Brown novels and film adaptations as fiction. Viewing them as fiction paints the films in a whole other light than dismissing it for its historical and doctrinal inaccuracy.<\/p>\n

Personally, I\u2019m not a fan. I think Dante\u2019s Divine Comedy is more interesting.<\/p>\n

Though I appreciate that Dan Brown is telling a story and there is a spiritual search inherent in the stories. Where this search leads is of great interest. I appreciate that he resurrected the religious thriller. But since the stories appear to deconstruct ‘the faith’ as I know it, unfortunately, I’m a little skeptical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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